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Monica Dolan
Monica Dolan is a BAFTA and Olivier Award winning actor whose work spans
television, film and stage.
Films include: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, ‘Topsy-Turvy’, ‘King Lear’, ‘Within the Whirlwind’, ‘Never Let Me Go’, ‘The Arbor’, ‘Kick Ass 2’, ‘Alpha Papa’, ‘Pride’, ‘Eye in the Sky’, ‘Official Secrets’, ‘Rialto’, ‘Days of the Bagnold Summer’.
Television: Judith in ‘Complicit’ (Channel 4), Eileen Morris in ‘The Escape Artist’ (BBC), Alice More in ‘Wolf Hall’ (BBC), Tess Wall in ‘The Casual Vacancy’ (BBC/HBO), Neil Gaiman’s ‘Likely Stories’ (Sky), Janet in ‘Witness for the Prosecution’ (BBC), Polly in ‘Catastrophe’ (Channel 4), May in ‘Inside No 9’ (BBC), Tracey Pritchard in ‘W1A’ (BBC), Leonora in ‘The Silkworm’ (BBC & HBO), Mrs Peggy O’Dowd in ‘Vanity Fair’ (ITV/Amazon), Marion in ‘A Very English Scandal’ (BBC), ‘Black Mirror’ (Netflix).
Theatre: Hermia in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (RSC), Laura in ‘The Glass Menagerie’ (Royal Lyceum Theatre), Lisa in ‘The Glory of Living’ (Royal Court), Sorel in ‘Hayfever’ (Triumph Proiscenium), Katherina in ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ (RSC), Mary in ‘The Walls’ (National Theatre), ‘Sliding with Suzanne’ (Royal Court), Hannah More/ Peg Woffington in ‘A Laughing Matter’ (National Theatre), Kate Hardcastle in ‘She Stoops To Conquer’ (National Theatre), Mary Stuart in ‘Mary Stuart’ (Southampton Nuffield Theatre), Lady Macbeth in ‘Macbeth’ (Out of Joint), Jane Eyre in ‘Jane Eyre’ (Tour/West End), Masha in ‘The Seagull’ (RSC), Regan in ‘King Lear’ (RSC), Painter in ‘Birth of a Nation’ (Royal Court), Loretta in ‘Chalet Lines’ (Bush Theatre), Anne/Georgina in ‘The Same Deep Water As Me’ (Donmar Warehouse), Mrs Twit in ‘The Twits’ (Royal Court), Megan in ‘Plaques & Tangles’ (Royal Court), ‘B*EASTS’ (Bush Theatre – Olivier Award nomination 2018, Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre), Karen in ‘All About Eve’ (Noel Coward Theatre – Olivier Award 2019, Best Actress in a Supporting Role), Toni in Appropriate (Donmar Warehouse)